Their Eyes Were Watching God - How do Nanny's assessment and choices rely on the societal beliefs that surround her regarding the roles of men and women and their ethnicity?

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Nanny's idea is that her granddaughter should marry a wealthy man so that she doesn't have to worry about her financial security. Nanny believes that black women only have one option in life: to marry a man of some wealth. Nanny cannot comprehend a woman, especially a black woman, making her own way in life. To Nanny, a black woman is property so she might as well belong to a man of some wealth.